"Either you're a senior citizen or a twentysomething, there's nothing in between," says Cagle, who works in advertising for BellSouth in Jacksonville.

So last week, while visiting family in Orlando, he had his hair colored. He wanted to avoid a fake, plastic look, so he opted for a product that doesn't entirely hide gray hair but rather camouflages it.

Explains his stylist, Pam Poss of Lionel's in Orlando: Men "want the experienced look that gray hair offers without looking old."

Some men color their hair to compete with younger men, at work and on the dating scene.

A manly head of hair "gives a more youthful appearance and a competitive edge," says Diane Schwartz, an image consultant in Delray Beach.

One example, Rapoport says, is Ronald Reagan, who always claimed he sported a natural 'do. Another one is Mr. "You're Fired." "Who knows what's going on with Donald Trump?" Rapoport asks.

Rapoport points out that many other famous people are going gray: CNN anchor Anderson Cooper, 36; golfer Corey Pavin, 44; and Bill Clinton, 57.

"It almost fits him better than when he had brown hair, which was somehow unpresidential," Rapoport says. With gray hair, "you almost respect him more as a statesman. Gray hair lends a certain kind of authority to your appearance."

Forty-year-old Jeff Leeb of Orlando considered coloring his graying hair but opted for a more natural look.

"I made a deal with God," he says. "If I can keep the hair, I'll let it go gray."